Patrik Elias takes the first shot of the game for either team and Lundqvist makes a kick save.

Lundqvist makes back to back saves on Clarkson's wraparound then a slap shot off the rebound. Devils out-shooting the Rangers 4-0, 5:30 into the game.

Josefson takes his first shift.

Marc Staal with a hard check of Josefson into the boards.
The Devils break through with a Bryce Salvador goal and take a 1-0 lead, 8:10 into the game. Salvador sends a shot at the net from a few out from the blue line and it goes in fivehole past Lundqvist.

Adam Henrique and Ryan McDonagh get into it in front of the Rangers' net, dropping the gloves. McDonagh sent Henrique to the ice with a cross-check, who then returned the favor, and then they quickly fell to the ice with McDonagh on top of Henrique. They each received five minutes for fighting at 9:26.

Just over 10 minutes into the period and the Devils leading 7-0 in shots.

Salvador with a turnover in his own zone straight to Carl Hagelin and the Rangers' winger sends a shot off the crossbar.

Parise blows by a stone-footed Michael Del Zotto and sets up Travis Zajac for a one-timer in a 2-on-1 situation that he deposits past Brodeur. Devils now lead 2-0 with 8:01 remaining in the period.

Brian Boyle spins Mark Fayne down to the ice with 4:35 remaining in the period, getting a holding penalty and sending the Devils on the power play.

Lundqvist makes a save on Kovalchuk at the net after the puck bounces off the boards behind him and right to the Devils' winger.

Rangers kill off the power play.

Anton Volchenkov goes to the box with 1:40 remaining after he took a tripping penalty.

Del Zotto breaks up a Devils' shorthanded 2-on-1 after Anisimov gave it away in the Devils' zone.

End of the period. Devils lead 2-0 and have a 12-5 advantage in shots.

SECOND PERIOD

The Rangers start with 20 seconds left on their power play.

Devils kill off the PP.

Lundqvist with three saves, two on Salvador, as the Devils keep peppering him with shots.

Staal chops his stick on the back of Elias' lower leg, likely his calf, and Elias is being attended to on the Devils' bench.

Clarkson picks up the puck on a turnover in the neutral zone but misfires on a pass to Ponikarovsky on a 2-on-1 rush.

Zajac whiffs on a one-timer from Parise right in front of the net and Lundqvist makes a save on Volchenkov's shot after the puck slid out to the blue line.

Lundqvist makes a save on Zubrus' shot, after an odd man rush initiated by Parise.

After a neutral zone turnover, Brodeur makes a glove save on Gaborik, who had come in alone on him with 10:29 left in the period.

Lundqvist with a save on Henrique and then Kovalchuk has to be pulled away from a scrum in front of the net as he and Callahan are exchanging words. They both earn penalties with 4:47 remaining. Callahan agitated Kovalchuk as he was on the ground in the crease, Kovalchuk responded with a stick poke while down then got up. Callahan earns a roughing penalty, Kovalchuk gets a slashing penalty.

At the end of the period, Devils still lead 2-0, out-shooting the Rangers 21-18.

THIRD PERIOD

Brodeur makes a save on McDonagh 2:17, after he had skated out to the middle of the zone.

Rangers go on the power play 2:37 into the period as Derek Stepan goes to the box.

The Devils have extended their lead to 3-0. Just four seconds into the power play, they win the faceoff and sent it back to Ilya Kovalchuk, who sends a slap shot at the net. Lundqvist makes the save but Parise knocks the rebound in.

After leveling Peter Harrold, Mike Rupp prods Martin Brodeur, leading to a scrum in front of the net with 13:42 remaining. On the benches, DeBoer and Tortorella yell at each other.

Out of that Rupp gets two minutes for roughing and 10 minutes for misconduct. Del Zotto will serve Rupp's penalty. Stu Bickel and Ryan Carter get 10 minutes for misconduct.

Devils take a timeout with 11:02 left after Hagelin takes a slashing penalty and they have a 5-on-3 for 1:20.

Rangers kill off the 5-on-3 but Hagelin still in the box for two minutes with 8:35 left.

Rangers get on the board as Ruslan Fedotenko makes it 3-1 with 5:05 left.

With 2:23 remaining, the Rangers have pulled Lundqvist.
Parise scores an empty-netter to make it 4-1. His second goal of the night.

Ponikarovsky sent off the ice by refs after he and Del Zotto get into. They both earn two minutes for cross checking with 18 seconds left.